Thomas M. Piasecki

My main research interests center on motivational processes related to tobacco and alcohol use (e.g., craving, withdrawal, subjective reward, negative reinforcement, hangover). Much of my current research uses electronic diary methods to investigate the relations among contextual features, subjective processes, and drug use use in users’ natural environments. I am also interested in the measurement of drug-related individual differences, including tobacco dependence, motives for tobacco and alcohol use, and hangover. In collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, I investigate smoking cessation treatments, the process of relapse to smoking, and the development of tobacco dependence.

Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Slutske, W.S. & Piasecki, T.M. (2013). Birth cohort and sex differences in the age of gambling initiation in the United States: Evidence from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. International Gambling Studies, 13, 417-429. Abstract.